Librarians constantly have to deal with the sexualization of the profession and it’s, frankly, ridiculous. Librarians as individuals are sexy. Knowledge is sexy. Books are sexy. But the sexy librarian trope doesn’t help anyone and emphasizing that when you have such a great opportunity to help people understand the greater importance of libraries in our changing society is absurd.

Yes. And that could be fodder for a whole, deeper post itself, or maybe even a journal article, unpacking the ideas around librarians, imagery and popular culture.